Brassiere



Patented Oct. 28, 1924.

WALTER E. PRUzAN, orNEW YORK, N. Y.L

Application Iled Hay 5,

To ell wlw/m, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTER E. PRUZAN, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough ofManhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented Certain new and useful Improvements in Brassires, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Womens waists, especially for" evening costumes, are frequently cutverylow at the back, which would'expose'to view brassires of the ordinaryvariety which usually are made to cover the corset altthe back as wellas at the front.

The object of my invention is to provide a brassire which shall be whatmay be called low-cut or dcollet, particularly being low at the back, soas not to be seen when worn with a low cut or dcollet waist, thebrassire l being suitably low at the front, aridi lprovided with meansto retain it snugly over the bust without requiring the use of tapes orstrips over the wearers shoulders. i

My invention comprises novel details of improvement that will be morefully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims. l

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein- Figure 1 is a front View of my improved brassire in position ofuse; Fig. 2 is a reverse view thereof; Fig. 3 is a front view of thebrassire; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the part of the brassirelooking at the inner face, and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5 in F ig. 4.

Similar numerals of, reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

The numeral 1 indicates my improved brassire, which may be made of oneor more pieces of suitable material, with or without a lining. Thegeneral shape of the brassire, when not in use, is indicated in Fig. 3having the continuo-us front portion 2 to lit in front of the bust, andthe back porti-ons 3 having the vertical edges 4 0r e ends. Adjacent tosaid edges the portions 3 are provided with complemental fasteners 5, 6,which may be of any desired character, such as hooks and eyes, todetachably retain the brassire around the wearer. The front portion isof suitable height from the lower edge 7 to the upper edge 8, beingparticularly low for dcollet vear. The edge 8 is shown rounded or convexto tit in front of the wearers chest, From the end portions y19221.serial No. 467,178. p

8? ofthe edge 8 to the rear edges 4 `thel sides c 9 and back portions 3of the brassire kare greatly reduced, in attenuated or tapering form,whereby the eXtreme rear end-s at the edges 4 are very low cut, sayabout three and one-half inches high compared toa front 2 of about nineinches high. f Thepro-` portions specified are suitable fora certainvsize brassire, lsay a 32 inchsize, Ialtholighthe proportions may bevaried according to size of brassire. The effect of the constructiondescribed is that the back of the brassire willl be' so low as not to beobserved 'when worn with a waist having a' low-cut back, and the samepertains to the front.

l The brassire described is'intended to fit snugly over thek bust andunder the arms without requiring shoulder tapes or straps to sustain thebrassire. I provide the upper edges of the brassire, along the portions9,

with elastics 10, which are concealed in .tun-l nels or tubes `11,vformed in any well known manner, along 'the edges .of the brassire. Thetunnel may be formed'by stitching a tape 11a along the upper edge of thebrassire. Theelastics are'secluredL at'their ends.

to the brassire, at 12, as by stitching, so that when the elastics arenormal and not stretched they will draw the material at the upper edgesinto puckers, adapting the material to be extended under the arms andaround the sides and back of Ithe wearer. The upper edge 8 of the front2 between the elastics 10 is smooth so that the elastics will draw andstretch said edge snugly along the chest and retain it smoothly over thebust, the material at the upper front part of edge 8 resisting thestrainof the elastics.

The lower edge 13 of the braissire is provided with means to retain itaround the wearers waist. I have shown an elastic 14 located within atunnel or tube 15 at the edge 13. The ends of the elastic are shownsecured, as by stitching 16, to the brassire. The length of the elasticis shorter than the normal length of the material of the brassire at theedge 13, such as normally to draw the edge portion of the material intopuckered form, whereby the lower portion of the brassire maybe extendedto fit around a waist and the elastic 14 will draw the edge 13 tightly-around the waist. An

elastic belt may be used in the tunnel if preing the material diagonallyfrom edge 1S upwardly and stitching the material at 18 to retain thefold. The material along the lower edge including the folds of the dartsis turned back at 13 (Fig. 5), and a tape 19, having its edges turnedunder, is stitched at 20, 21 along its edges to the adjacent lower partof the brassire through the folds oi the darts, the mid-portion of thetape being free from the brassire. The construction described providesthe tunnel or tube. 15 containing the elastic and retains securely thelower portion of the darts, the tape concealingthe raw edges of thematerial. The elastic passes freely along the folds ot' the darts withinthe tunnel.

Then the brassire is applied upon the wearer the front will present asmooth appearance over the bust, the elastics l0 drawing the upper edgeof the material snugly against the body to retain the brassire .inposition, and the low out back portions 3 will be. unobserved as beforeexplained.

My improved brassire is very attractive in appearance and of greatutility for use with evening dresses, although it is not limited to suchuse.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A brassire comprising a continuous body having ends provided with.complemental fasteners, said body having upper and lower edges andelastics fitted at the upper portions of the body from points near thearm pits to points immediately in the rear thereof, the upper 'frontportion being free from elastics, the elastics normally retaining upperportions of the body puckered to permit said portions to elongate.

2. A brassire comprising a continuous body having ends and having afront portion tov fit over a wearers bust, and having side portionsprovided at the upper portion with elastics attached at their ends onlyto the upper edges thereof at opposite sides of the front` portion nea'rthe arm pits and near the back of thebrassire, the material of thebrassire along the elastics being longer than the elastics whenunstretched, the from, portion being free from elastics, the elastiosserving to stretch the front portion along the chest of the wearer andretain the side portions under the arms, and means to detaehably connectthe back portions of the brassire.

3; A brassire having a tape secured along an upper edge, elasticssecured at their ends along said edge between the tape and the materialof the lbrassire on opposite sides of the front portion of the brassire,said elastics being shorter than the material of the brassireI adjacentthereto to pucker said material where the elastics are not stretched,and means to detachably connect the tree ends of the brassire around awaist.

Signed at New York city, in the count-y of New York, and State of NewYork, this 2nd day of May, A. D. 1921.

WALTER E. PRUZAN.

